Evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and guidelines in interventional pain management: Part 7: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy studies

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 929-963

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a   Derby, Richard ^b   Wolfer, Lee ^b   Singh, Vijay ^c   Datta, Sukdeb ^d   Hirsch, Joshua A ^e  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center   (United States)

^c Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness studies; Diagnostic accuracy studies; Evidence based medicine; Interventional pain management; Meta analysis; Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD); Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 76149106762     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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